Germany's Henkel wins Oslo biathlon World Cup race
2012-02-05
OSLO - Andrea Henkel of Germany has secured her 21st biathlon World Cup win after winning the women's 12.5-kilometre mass start at the World Cup in Oslo.
Henkel missed one target in the first shooting round on the Holmenkollen track Sunday, but regained lost ground to take the lead halfway through the race and finished in 38 minutes, 1.2 seconds.
She was trailed by Darya Domracheva of Belarus, who missed four targets to finish 26.6 seconds behind. Teja Gregorin of Slovenia shot clean to finish third, 27.2 seconds back.
Henkel's win adds to a streak of victories for Germany in Oslo. On Saturday, Arnd Peiffer and Magdalena Neuner gave Germany a double victory in the pursuit races.